To:THE SECRETARIAT OF THE C.C., R.C.P.(B.)[1]

Written:Written in May, after 5, 1920Published:First published in 1942 inLenin Miscellany XXXIV.

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Ipropose a directive that all articles about Poland and
the Polish war be vetted byeditors-in-chief on theirpersonalresponsibility. We must not overdo it, i.e., not
descend to chauvinism, always draw a line between the Polish
landowners and capitalists and the Polish workers and
peasants.

[1]Writtenon Y. A. Preobrazhensky’s letter to Lenin suggesting
that “a stop be put to the disgusting ‘patriotism’”, and
mentioning a speech of Radek’s “about a ‘national’ war” and a chauvinist
article by Bergman in Agitrosta. Preobrazhensky asked to
be allowed to give appropriate directives to the editors of
newspapers, especially provincial ones. To Preobrazhensky’s request,
Lenin answered: =

“I am whollyin favour”, and he proposed the
directive reproduced here.